What in the hell …

Notes to self. (more…)

(Lights up. Our protagonist types frantically, trying to maximize the efficacy of the openness provided by the whiskey- and amaretto-sours before their total, and ultimately stultifying, effect kicks in.) And why is it on my mind so much lately? For some reason this has been on my mind. My friends Colin and Tzuchien and I proposed a panel for the SEP conference themed “What is Terror?”. I’ll say more about this later. I’ve also been checking out loads of books about the Years of Lead in Italy, with the Red Brigades and the government sponsored terror as well, and about Argentina with similar issues. I don’t know why I find it all so compelling, certainly not out of any romanticism of armed groups. Jon post recently on political violence (I would link to it but for some reason I can’t get his blog page to load, computer trouble on my end, or something strange on his?), I’d be keen to hear more of his thoughts. (more…)

I’m not sure. It was an entity that existed at least on paper, consisting at a minimum of this manifesto.

Among the groups listed as signatories, the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo are likely familiar to folks. (more…)